V13 B:17 ŠÈG.MEŠ OV – D has the plural marker ME, against
C:3 ŠÈG.MEŠ MEŠ in B and C.^167
D:3 ŠÈG.ME
V14 A:17 GAR.MEŠ OV – A and J have the plural marker MEŠ,
against ME in B and C. D has a phonetic
B:17 GAR.ME complement ‘an’ for iššakkān.
C:3 GAR.ME
D:3 GAR-an
J:16 GAR.MEŠ
V15 A:18 uḫ-ḫa-ram-ma OV – A-D have syllabic spelling, against the
B:18 uḫ-ḫa-ram-ma logogram in J.
C:5 uḫ-ḫa-ram-ma
D:4 uḫ-ḫa-ram-ma
J:17 ZAL-ma
V16 C:6 IGI.DU 8 ŠÈG.MEŠ SV(2) – D has an abbreviated apodosis.
D:5 IGI.DU 8 KI.MIN
(^167) It is worth noting that in the copy made by Langdon C appears to have abbreviated ŠÈG.MEŠ to A.MEŠ
(ŠÈG being made up of the signs A+AN). While this is an attested abbreviation, B appears to have the full
writing of ŠÈG. Additionally, C actually reads “ŠÈG.MEŠ [abbreviated to A.MEŠ] ina KUR.MEŠ,”
against the reading in B, “ŠÈG.MEŠ ina KUR GÁL.MEŠ,” even though Reiner reads C as exactly the same
as B. Alternatively the sign A can be read as mû, “water,” which represents a lexical exchange with zanu,
“‘rain.” However, an orthographic variant is most likely the safest option here. Unfortunately there is no
readily available cuneiform copy of D to compare.